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    How to make an E Type reliable
    Graham Eason
    • Jan 17, 2020
    • 4 min

    How to make an E Type reliable

    Owning an old car can be quite an effective way to fall out of love with old cars. No matter how much you love being around classic cars...
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    Maintaining Mk2 Motors
    Graham Eason
    • Jan 16, 2020
    • 2 min

    Maintaining Mk2 Motors

    The Mk2 Jaguar is one of those classic cars that has wide appeal. Its E Type-rivalling performance and svelte looks place it outside the...
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    Is it time to love the MGF?
    Graham Eason
    • Jan 7, 2020
    • 5 min

    Is it time to love the MGF?

    Pity the MGF. Launched in the shadow of the MX5, it was always the drop top sports car that you shouldn't buy. And yet, in a manner...
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    How To Beat The Bodgers Part 1: MOT History
    Graham Eason
    • Nov 15, 2019
    • 4 min

    How To Beat The Bodgers Part 1: MOT History

    How to beat the bodgers - our multi-part guide to buying a classic car
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    Jaguar XJ Buyers Guide
    Graham Eason
    • Nov 5, 2019
    • 10 min

    Jaguar XJ Buyers Guide

    Jaguar XJ6 Series 1 2 and 3 buyers guide
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    Barns are for chickens, not cars
    Graham Eason
    • Nov 2, 2019
    • 3 min

    Barns are for chickens, not cars

    Why buying a barn find may not be such a good idea
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    Classics & Coffee - last one of 2019
    Graham Eason
    • Nov 1, 2019
    • 1 min

    Classics & Coffee - last one of 2019

    Classics & Coffee monthly car meets in Redditch Visit our website for more details
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    If a job's worth doing...
    Graham Eason
    • Oct 31, 2019
    • 2 min

    If a job's worth doing...

    Temptation is a demanding and fickle master. The lure of an easy buck or a simpler route can be hard - and understandably - difficult to...
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    Why we created Classic Fixers
    Graham Eason
    • Feb 20, 2019
    • 6 min

    Why we created Classic Fixers

    There can't be many business sectors that thrive by missing deadlines, failing to work to agreed quotes and not getting things right...
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    Boxing Clever: Our New Workshop Side Project
    Graham Eason
    • Feb 15, 2019
    • 5 min

    Boxing Clever: Our New Workshop Side Project

    Car manufacturers have a penchant for doing odd things. Of course, they often don't start out as odd things, but on an alarmingly regular...
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    Triumph TR6 - 50th birthday celebration
    Graham Eason
    • Feb 11, 2019
    • 4 min

    Triumph TR6 - 50th birthday celebration

    The British motor industry did and does come in for a lot of flack. With some justification it has to be said. But out of adversity,...
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    Happy Birthday Jaguar Mk2: Why We Should All Drive One
    Graham Eason
    • Feb 11, 2019
    • 3 min

    Happy Birthday Jaguar Mk2: Why We Should All Drive One

    Conventional wisdom generally has it that original is best. The Jaguar Mk2 is the exception to that rule - a car that, as its simple...
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    Is original always best?
    Graham Eason
    • Feb 11, 2019
    • 3 min

    Is original always best?

    Sometimes, but not very often, a cover version is better than the original. And so it is with cars: despite the plethora of kit cars and...
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    Where have all the bad cars gone?
    Graham Eason
    • Feb 11, 2019
    • 5 min

    Where have all the bad cars gone?

    There was a time, now quite a long time ago, when you knew where you were. You could flick to the back pages of Car magazine, peruse the...
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    Ford Capri: 50th birthday celebration
    Graham Eason
    • Feb 11, 2019
    • 1 min

    Ford Capri: 50th birthday celebration

    To celebrate the Capri' remarkable half century, here's a gallery of photos of our Ford Capri 280 hire car - one of the last Capris made....
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    5 Classic Cars We Should Love (But Don't)
    Graham Eason
    • Feb 11, 2019
    • 3 min

    5 Classic Cars We Should Love (But Don't)

    Some great classic cars seem destined to languish in the shadows, knocked back by prejudice or because they never hit their stride when...
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    Classic cars: the top 5 features we like to forget
    Graham Eason
    • Feb 11, 2019
    • 2 min

    Classic cars: the top 5 features we like to forget

    Perhaps it's a sign of age, or possibly old cars were always made that way.  Who knows. But like men of a certain age, classic cars have...
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    Our favourite driving roads
    Graham Eason
    • Feb 11, 2019
    • 2 min

    Our favourite driving roads

    We run 3 road trips a week along with several taster experiences.  So we've got to know our local roads very well.  Here are our...
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    Our 5 most disappointing classic cars
    Graham Eason
    • Feb 11, 2019
    • 4 min

    Our 5 most disappointing classic cars

    Hiring out old cars has given me the opportunity to drive and own a lot of classics I've always admired.  Sadly, not all have lived up to...
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    Your favourite hire cars of 2018
    Graham Eason
    • Feb 11, 2019
    • 4 min

    Your favourite hire cars of 2018

    Classic cars are like chocolates - each one promises a sugar 'n' cocoa rush, they're all equally valid and loved by some, but not every...
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